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Harlene Delgado

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<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpcogovph%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02fj4o5t3TBqqgvtGqDu7shpsPFaJPbN9BKG5eTvX82hU3i9Nv5wYqEH4Rk7pPGWVvl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="250" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assured the public on Friday that the government was ready to extend help to families who would be affected by <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/7/17/crising-now-a-tropical-storm-approaches-n-luzon-0604">tropical storm Crising.</a></p><p>The president inspected the packaging of supplies at the National Resource Operations Center of the Department of Social Welfare Development in Pasay City. </p><p>Some 3 million family food packs have been prepositioned in over a thousand warehouses across the country, Marcos said, citing information from DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian.</p><p>“Naka-ready naman tayo sa kung ano pang mangyari. Sana hindi na lumakas ‘yung bagyo pero kung sakali ay lalakas pa, naka-ready naman tayo,” Marcos said during the inspection. </p><p>“Ang report ng DSWD sa akin, sa ngayon ang naka-storage sa atin ay tatlong milyon na relief goods na pack na pwede nating ibigay. So siguro sapat naman ‘yun kahit ano pang mangyari,” he added. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/7/17/crising-now-a-tropical-storm-approaches-n-luzon-0604">Crising nagdala ng malakas ng ulan, pagbaha sa mga lalawigan</a></div><p>The President commended the fully mechanized operations at the DSWD warehouse.</p><p>“Ang maganda dito sa bagong makinaryang ginagamit natin, mas mapapabilis at mas mapapaganda ang ating repacking ng mga relief goods para ibibigay natin sa ating mga evacuees,” he said. </p><p>Marcos also checked the non-food items prepositioned in the warehouse such as hygiene kits and family kits.</p><p>He tried drinking rainwater filtered through the Family Water Filtration Kit being distributed by the DSWD.</p><p>“Tinesting namin ‘yun ‘yung balde na merong filter na kahit anong klaseng tubig — ‘wag lang maalat — pero kahit na iba pa sa fresh water, kahit hindi masyadong malinis pwedeng ilagay sa balde, pwedeng inumin idadaan lang dun sa filter na yun,” he noted.</p><p>Gatchalian said the warehouse can produce up to 25,000 food packs daily.</p><p>He added that they already began distributing supplies to families affected by Crising-enhanced habagat in Cebu and Negros Occidental. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/7/17/-walangpasok-class-suspensions-on-friday-july-18-1915">#WalangPasok: Class suspensions on Friday, July 18</a></div><p>Meanwhile, the Office of the Civil Defense said government agencies were on red alert for Crising. </p><p>“Ibig sabihin po, lahat ng ating mga response capacities, lahat ng ating mga response personnel at saka iyong mga prepositioned po na food and non-food items ay nakahanda po itong mai-deploy,” OCD Spokesperson Junie Castillo said in a Palace briefing.</p><p>“Right now, we are actually looking at the buong Pilipinas po ‘no because itong Bagyong Crising ay pinalalakas niya ang habagat – so, meaning ang binabantayan talaga natin ay the amount of rain na dadalhin nitong habagat at saka maaaring magdulot noong mga pagbaha at saka mga landslide,” he added. </p><div><strong>— With a report from Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News <br/></strong></div><div><iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ci7yz4mLAw8" title="Bagyong Crising: 10 provinces under Signal No. 2 as storm intensifies" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assured the public on Friday that the government was ready to extend help to families who would be affected by tropical storm Crising.</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assured the public on Friday that the government was ready to extend help to families who would be affected by tropical storm Crising.

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Harlene Delgado,

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Published Jul 18, 2025 02:31 PM PHT

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